The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-30

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WHEN the interstate commerce bill
was pending in congress, last year, Mr..
Morrison strongly opposed it, saying it
was a humbug, intended only to pro-
vide soft places for men who would
have nothing to do but ride over the
country on free passes and board at the
expense of the government" Mr.
Morrison is now an eX-congressman
and the President has appointed him a
member of the commission created by
the bill.
TIE fact that the time has not yet
arrived for popular government in
Russia is sufficiently demonstrated in
some of the methods employed to Sc
cure it. But the time has come for the
Gar to adopt a policy toward his sub
jects more in harmony with the spirit
of the age. Assassination is never
iustifable, neither is tyranny. The
one is crime against society, the other
against the people and the state.-Ne,o
York Observer.
Tom MARSHALL, when in congress,
illustrated point in political economy,
and unconsciously delivered an agri-
cultural suggestion, when he exclaimed
in speech: Mr.. Speaker, if / were
your neighbor and you were my neigh
Dor, and we were farmers, and raised
potatoes and nothing but potatoes, and
you raised potatoes and nothing but
potatoes, then, sir, | would have moth
ing to give you for your potatoes but
potatoes. San Francisco Alta.
ANOTHER New York democrat has
freed his mind on the presidential ques-
ton. Ex-Congressman Adams said to
a Washington reporter that, in his opin-
ion, either Mr.. Sherman or Mr.. Blaine
would be the republican nominee in
1888. AS democrat, he thought either
would be dangerous in New York. In
that state he thought Blaine would
prove the stronger of the two through
his personal following. But Sherman
might be stronger throughout the
country.
EX-SENATOR EATON of Connecticut
is quoted in the Washington Star as
saying: IF Blaine is not nominated
himself he will name the man, as he
did Garfield, and will do all he can to
secure his election" Z" Allison 2"
elf so, he will be elected!" was the
emphatic reply of the democratic ex-
senator. " What is the outlook for the
democracy ?" Z" l don't like to talk
about it. l am democrat and / don't
like to think about it !''-and he shook
his head suggestively.
IN speech at Nashville, Tenn, last
Thursday, Senator Sherman gave some
excellent advice to the people of Ten
nessee. He pointed out the folly of a
state with the mineral wealth and other
resources of Tennessee casting its lot
with party which favors English free
trade doctrines. If the democratic
majority could have its way the de-
velopment of Tennessee would be ar
rested. Mr.. Sherman also spoke some
plain truths on the injustice and evil
effects which result from suppressing
the colored vote.
WHEN a public man finds not only
that he has made mistake, but that
the public knows it, he is very apt to
think and say that the newspapers have
prejudiced the public against him; and
it is very apt to be true, too. But
that doesn't help him any, for the
newspapers never prejudice the public
against man who is honestly doing
his duty. The public reads the papers,
but it also reads men and forms its own
conclusions. This little homily is re-
spectfully dedicated to whomsoever it
may fit.-Philadephia Record.
WE have for many years studied the
art of advertising, and still it remains
to us marvel that there is not one
hundred times more of it. We never
yet knew a man to advertise his wares
literally and steadily that it did not
pay. Yet there are thousands of man.
ufacturers and tens of thousands of
men having articles that they declare
ought to be &C in every household in
the country p" who advertise as gingerly
and closely as though they had no faith
in it at all. How can they expect to
get their goods everywhere unless some
knowledge of the articles gets into the
family first through the family paper?
If we waited till people learned from
their neighbors, we might wait for
years before the most wonderful and
useful inventions became known
Forney's Press.
THE idea has prevailed during the
last decade that Russia is honey-combed
with social and political revolt. This
notion has been fostered by "Stepniak,"
Krapotkin and other nihilists, whose
writings have been extensively read in
western Europe and America. 1t is
probable, however, that the dangers
arising from socialist propagandism and
conspiracies in Russia have been
greatly exaggerated. Sir Charles Dixie,
in his series of papers in The Fort
nightly Rerie,0, makes this significant
remark: There can be no doubt that
in Russia, in spite of the recent so-called
cadet and staff conspiracy, the general
belief of the best informed is that at